Chapter 60

GARRULITY

Islamhascalledtoavoidgarrulityandillwordingandthelikematters
sincetheywastetimeuselessly.MorethanoneQuranictextreferstothis
illmanner.GodsaysasHementionssomequalificationsofthefavorable
servants:
Andwhentheyhearidletalktheyturnasidefromitandsay:Weshall
haveourdeedsandyoushallhaveyourdeeds.Peacebeuponyou,we
do not desire the ignorant.
And when they pass by what is vain, they pass by nobly.
Garrulitycomprisesallof thesortsof idletalkthat arouseslustsand
corrupts moralities.
Islam has worked for disciplining and purifying the mentalities
againstdefectsandmisfortunes,forsavingpeopleagainstthemoraland
mentalblotchesthatleadtoirregularityanddeviationfromthestraight
path.
TheIslamiceducationsolvestheproblemsofthespeculativeelements
thatarousedangeroussortsofpsychicstruggle.Italsoinfluencesposit-
ivelythegeneralbehavior,andelevatestohighlevelsofthehumancul-
ture and the sound cognizance that help in achieving the productive
activitiesofdevelopingthesociallife.Infact,theIslamiceducationisnot
devoted to disciplining and reforming the mentalities only. It aims at
achievingsocial amendmentandcomprehensiveguidance inall of the
lifeaspects.Naturally,thisnonesucheducationwillnotachievereform-
ativeanddisciplinarypredominanceonthenationalmaturityandcom-
position unlessit affectsthe mentalities,andfinds aplace in allof the
fields of man’s behavior.